For this day, still accompanied by the French people we had met, we left early this morning to join Nha Trang (pronounced Nia Trang), a seaside resort that is not essential for us to visit, but included in the list of stops (via our open bus tickets) so while we're at it, we're going there for a day and 2 nights anyway, just to take a break.
We arrived at the hotel recommended by the kind Vietnamese woman who spoke French in Dalat . Due to family ties, we ended up staying at her aunt's house. The hotel was very nice and only $6 a night. Being a seaside resort, we headed straight for the beach. The gray weather and the rather uninteresting beach didn't tempt us to swim, so we simply strolled along the shore.
Then we go a little deeper into the city, not without passing a pagoda where we observed a nun with an unusual hairstyle, scenes of life, like these people busy around what looks like players of a sort of checkers game (and they seemed to be making bets), or this barber, who officiates in the middle of the street.
Passing by a school, we arrived at the Long Son pagoda , a Buddhist temple dating from 1886, located at the foot of Trai Thuy hill, northwest of the city; it is the largest pagoda in Nha Trang.
Above all, it is an opportunity to do a lot of walking and discover the life of the inhabitants, because the visit itself is limited to a quick glance, the pagoda itself being deserted and closed inside.
Nha Trang, like any city in Vietnam is just teeming with life and especially motorbikes. I am always curious about the communist propaganda signs, characteristic and visible throughout the country.
The next day, as we will have a little more time, we will take a motorbike...
